other qualifying berths BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DAVISON – Developing a state of mental toughness is the difference between Rochester this season and last year. Last October, Rochester failed to reach the state finals for the third straight season despite being ranked fifth entering regional week. The Falcons have more […]

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Stoney Creek continued its fast start to the girls golf season Wednesday, winning the annual Troy Invitational at Twin Lakes Golf Course. The Cougars posted a play-five, count-four team score of 322, to win by six strokes. Birmingham Seaholm followed with 328, while Troy (340), Birmingham Detroit Country Day (342) […]

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Davison might have been at a disadvantage Thursday on the links of Twin Lakes. The course was a solid hour away from home and the Cardinals were not all that familiar with its features. That simply did not matter. Unranked Davison captured its […]

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com There has not been a shortage of girls golf talent in the area in recent years. The 2011 backs that up even further. For the seventh straight season, at least one local team from the www.northoaklandsports.com has finished in the top three in the state at the Division 1 […]

BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com WATERFORD — With the state tournament looming less than a month away, Rochester Stoney Creek has picked the right time to start proving that it still belongs among the state title contenders once again this season. The Cougars, who graduated two Division I golfers from its 2010 state runner-up […]